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SYLLABUS GEOGRAPHY 116/EARTH SCIENCE 173 GROUNDWATER
WINTER 2014 UCSB
Instructor: Hugo A. Loáiciga (Hugo.Loaiciga@ucsb.edu); http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~hugo
Office: 3626 Ellison Hall
Office hours: Tuesday/Thursday 11 am – 12 noon, or by appointment, Room
Teaching Assistant: Sarah Wells Shivers swshivers@gmail.com
Office: 3626 B Ellison Hall; Office hours: Wednesday 12:30 – 2:30 pm
Lecture: Tuesday, Thursday: 9:30-10:45 am; Room 1109 North Hall
Laboratory: Tuesday 6:00 – 8:50 pm Room 2610 Ellison Hall or 3610 Ellison Hall: see note 5, page 2 and 3.
Lab Manual: Hydrogeology Laboratory Manual, 2nd Ed. by Lee et al., UCSB Bookstore; Reader: Alternative
Digital Printing, University Center UCSB
Reserve Book Room (RBR): One copy of the Lab. Manual and Reader.
Prerequisites: Geog. 3B (desirable), Geog. 112 (recommended)
Desired: introduction to physical geography/geology, basic calculus, algebra, trigonometry
TABLE 1. GRADING (see Notes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Item
Date or date due
Weight, %
Midterm 1
Thursday January 30
14
Midterm 2
Thursday February 27
16
Homework At the beginning of lecture on due date
18
Laboratory due date (see Note 5, pages 2,3)
26
Final
26
Tuesday March 18; 8 – 11 am, in lecture room.
TOTAL
100%
All exams are in the assigned lecture classroom. The exams are open book.
FIRST DAY OF CLASSES: TUESDAY JANUARY 7; LAST DAY OF CLASSES: THURSDAY MARCH 13;
HOLYDAYS: NOT APPICABLE
TABLE 2: COURSE CONTENTS
Week
Subject Item
1,2
3,4
5,6
7,8
8,9
9,10
Geology and groundwater
Properties of aquifers
Principles of ground-water flow
Ground water wells
Regional ground-water flow
GW contamination and
Management (field methods)*
*: possible coverage, depending on time availability.
Course objectives: This course is aimed at providing the student with an introduction to the most important topics
in groundwater hydrology/hydrogeology. The teaching format consists of the presentation of key concepts
followed by problem-solving, laboratory, and field practice. This course will prepare students to analyze groundwater flow processes taking into account aquifer properties, basic hydraulic factors, geologic controls, and their
temporal and spatial interactions. Mastery of concepts relies on quantitative analysis.
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NOTES
1. Attendance to lecture is generally not required. However, there is no note-taking for this class, and homework,
laboratory, and test questions depend heavily on lecture notes and instructions. Past experience shows that failure
to attend lectures leads to deficient grades in this course.
2. Homework and laboratory reports are due on Thursdays of assigned weeks at the start of lecture, in class, unless
otherwise specified by the Instructor. Instructions for homework and laboratory report preparation will be given in
class. Turn all due homework to the teaching assistant (T.A.) and reports to the instructor if the T.A. is not present.
Late homework and reports are not accepted, and will automatically result in a grade equal to zero.
Emailed homework or laboratory reports are NOT acceptable unless there is a valid medical excuse.
3. Make-up exams, homework, reports, and laboratories will not be accepted or administered. Failure to take
an exam or submit a scheduled assignment will result in an automatic grade of zero. Under exceptional conditions,
a medical condition may entitle a student to a make up a missed test or assignment, provided that a medical
certification extended by a licensed physician in the State of California is presented within 48 hours of the
scheduled time of the exam or due time of the assignment. The certification must be submitted to the Instructor
together with an explanation on how/why the medical condition prevented the student from fulfilling his/her course
work.
4. All exams are written, in class, open-book, and to be answered independently by each student. Students are
required to bring a battery-powered calculator in good working condition to the exams. No sharing of
calculators, information, or other materials is permitted during the exams. Electronic communication devices are
NOT accepted during examinations.
5. The laboratory includes: (I) MS EXCEL practice that will prove useful for students in problem solving,
homework, and report preparation. This laboratory also includes web browsing of the USGS (United States
Geological Survey) public electronic data base. (II) data interpretation and analysis based on the Laboratory
Manual by Lee and Fetter, (III) laboratory experimentation with a flow net simulator and a permeameter, (IV)
computer analysis of pumping test data, and (V) field practice of spring-flow measurement and spring waterquality testing. See a summary of the laboratory contents and weights, meeting dates and places, report due
dates, on TABLE 3. All the laboratory reports are due at the start of lecture on the due date.
TABLE 3: summary of the lab. contents and weights, meeting dates and places, report due dates.
FOOD AND DRINK ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE LABORATORIES
LABORATORY
DATE OF PRACTICE
%
(I) EXCEL data analysis-training & USGS
1
public web site data base accessing
2
Tuesday Jan. 7, 6 pm
Ellison Hall 2610
DUE DATE
Thurs. Jan. 16
1
(II) Laboratory manual :
II-1: Lab. # 16 (p. 121-126 lab manual)
II-2: Lab. # 19-21 (p. 141-144)
II-3: Lab. # 8 (p. 59-66)
4
4
4
Tues. Jan. 21, Ellison 2610; 6 pm
Tues. Jan. 28, Ellison 2610; 6 pm
Tues. Feb. 11, Ellison 2610; 6 pm
(III) Lab. Experiment: hydraulic conductivity
3
Tuesday Feb. 25, Ellison 3610;
by constant-head permeameter & flownet in
6 – 7 pm
1
a sand tank
(IV) Computer analysis of pumping-test
4
Tues. March 4 Ellison 2610; 6 pm
1
data
(V) Spring-flow measurement and water
5
Sat. Feb. 8; 10 am- 2:30 pm
1
Meet at 0950, UCSB’s MTD bus stop
testing
TOTAL:
26
NOTE: 1 Must be present during lab to receive credit in these laboratories.
Thurs. Jan. 30
Thurs. Feb. 13
Thurs. Feb. 27
Thursday
March 6
Tuesday. March
11
Tuesday Feb. 18